MENTORING AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF ENI COMPANIES OPERATING IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study focused on mentoring and employee performance of Eni Companies operating in Oil and Gas industry in Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey research design was adopted, specifically, the explanatory design. The research philosophical stance of the study was positivism, whereby epistemological position was considered. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. The Population of the study consist of two thousand, five hundred and thirty (2,530) employees of the study companies (Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited -NAOC, Agip Energy and Natural Resources Limited - AENR, and Nigeria Agip Explorations Limited - NAE) as presently constituted. Through the application of Taro Yemane’s formula the sample size was determined to be three hundred and forty five (345), and judgmental sampling technique was used to select the target respondents. The analysis for this study was based on valid three hundred and twenty one (321) questionnaire well filled and returned. Similarly, simple regression technique was the inferential or parametric statistics used in testing the 4 hypotheses stated in the study, The major findings based on the analyses revealed that employee mentoring positively and significantly influence waste minimization, cost minimization, on-time delivery and output quality. In view of these findings, the study concludes that mentoring is a veritable means of achieving employee performance in terms of waste minimization, cost minimization, on-time delivery and output quality. Therefore, the study recommends that organizations should commit resources in educating the employees, invest in employee mentoring programmes; and empower employees in order to enhance employee performance on assigned jobs.